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Chapter Four
Inu Yasha stared at Kagome who lay in her sleeping bag on the ground. She still had a cut across her face from when he had scratched her almost a week ago. They had stopped at a village when he transformed youkai.
In the middle of the night, the band of travelers had found the next village to rest at. They wouldn't have stopped, except it was a new moon & Inu Yasha had turned human. The last thing any of the friends wanted was for a demon attack to occur & since Inu Yasha was unable to fight back, the outcome, they knew, would definitely not be good. They were greeted by a celebration that had been going on, apparently someone special in the small village. When they were noticed, they were invited to join in & even though Inu Yasha didn't want to, Kagome said 'yes' before he could say opposite.
During the celebration, everyone was drinking & having a good time. The only ones not drinking the celebration drink were Inu Yasha, Kagome, & some girl who remained unnamed, who wanted to be sober enough to help anyone with the morning sickness that would surely follow the next morning.
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The next morning, Kagome's predictions came true & almost everyone was sick. Only the three who didn't drink weren't sick. Most everyone was cranky due to the sickness & kept being rude & obnoxious.
Inu Yasha was back to being hanyou, which wasn't good for one man who Kagome was tending to. She was only trying to offer him some pain killers she had brought from her time, when he reached up & slapped her in the face, trying to get his point across that he didn't want any when she had only offered once. Inu Yasha heard her cry out & something inside snapped, his transformation beginning as his eyes turned red, his once black slits were now blue & his youkai marking showed on his face.
The man didn't know what was happening once Inu Yasha got a hold of him. One moment he was on the ground, laying, now he was being held up in the air by his throat, sharp claws stabbing into his neck.
The man's screams caused panic in the village & before anyone knew what was going on, the transformed youkai was on a killing spree, spilling blood everywhere from anyone who got in his way.
But one thing that Inu Yasha still couldn't figure out, was why he had sensed his brother when they were leaving. He was nowhere in sight from what Inu Yasha could tell, but something still told him he was near the area.
Below him on the ground Kagome stirred & opened her eyes, looking at him. "Morning Inu Yasha," she yawned, stretching.
"Morning..." he replied, looking away from her. His gaze was now focused forward, away from everyone on the ground below him. Was it really my brother I was sensing or was it just another demon? He thought to himself. It had to have been Sesshomaru. There were no other demons were around...were there?
"Inu Yasha, is something wrong?"
"Huh?" he looked down at Kagome.
"I said, is something wrong? You're staring off into space like your soul's been stolen or something. What's wrong?"
"Nothing," he answered. "I was only thinking." I won't tell her yet... She doesn't need to be worrying...
"Oh. What were you thinking about?"
"Kagome, it's still early in the morning, would you be quiet & let the rest of us sleep?" Miroku mumbled from his spot on the ground. "Hammer the guy with questions later."
For the first time since the damned monk joined their journey he was grateful he had. The monk had saved Kagome from being harshly yelled at & he wouldn't have meant to do it, but it wasn't wise for her to hammer him with questions, this soon after waking times. "Thank you Miroku," he said quietly to the monk, who grunted softly in response. Kagome huffed & stood, walking around the camp they had set up the previous night. Inu Yasha watched her walk off in the direction of a springs they'd found when they made camp.
"Kagome!!" Shippo screamed as he ran away from the angry hanyou that chased him. "Kagome help!" Shippo cried as Inu Yasha grabbed him by his tail after finally catching him. He was being chased because he had bit Inu Yasha on the arm after he said something mean about Kagome.
"Kagome can't save you now," Inu Yasha glared at the little kitsune. "Since she went with Sango to find herbs to use in tonight's dinner, it's just me & you."
"I'm sorry!" Shippo whimpered as Inu Yasha lifted him higher into the air, dangling him almost above his own head.
"Sorry ain't gonna save you," Inu Yasha scoffed as he threw the kitsune threw the trees. His ears perked up when he heard a splash come from where Shippo was thrown & he made his way to the sound of water splashing until he came to the source. It was a small lake & Shippo was swimming around in it.
Shippo saw Inu Yasha & waved. "Thank you Inu Yasha! I was feeling a little hot & this cold water did the trick!"
Inu Yasha sighed when everyone else finally awoke & made their way to the water as well. Of course Miroku soon came back, hand print across his face, holding a squirming Shippo who kept asking why he wasn't allowed to swim in the water with Sango & Kagome & whimpering that it wasn't fair he couldn't swim with the two girls, a point he still hadn't come to understand just yet.